Well, this really isn't a secret - this book was a blast! A wacky combination of humor, mystery, and adventure, The Name of This Book is Secret by Pseudonymous Bosch reminded me of the Lemony Snicket books I used to read with my kids. Cass and her friend Max-Ernst discover two things left behind by a supposedly dead magician: a notebook (with missing pages, of course) and the "Symphony of Smells," a box containing vials of different scents. Soon they discover that the creepy Dr. L. and his equally creepy partner Ms. Mauvais want the notebook, too, because they think it contains the secret to...what? Immortality? And what does synesthesia - a confusion of the senses - have to do with it all? If you like action, riddles, and The Series of Unfortunate Events, put THIS book on your reading list.
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Can you keep a secret?
Well, this really isn't a secret - this book was a blast! A wacky combination of humor, mystery, and adventure, The Name of This Book is Secret by Pseudonymous Bosch reminded me of the Lemony Snicket books I used to read with my kids. Cass and her friend Max-Ernst discover two things left behind by a supposedly dead magician: a notebook (with missing pages, of course) and the "Symphony of Smells," a box containing vials of different scents. Soon they discover that the creepy Dr. L. and his equally creepy partner Ms. Mauvais want the notebook, too, because they think it contains the secret to...what? Immortality? And what does synesthesia - a confusion of the senses - have to do with it all? If you like action, riddles, and The Series of Unfortunate Events, put THIS book on your reading list.
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